The Intervention2004

Jay and Mark Duplass step away from their comedies about soul-seeking single men to look askance at a social group determined to help a friend (no matter how much it will hurt him). Steve Zissis, star of Duplass' family comedy THE DO-DECA-PENTATHLON, plays the secret-keeping center of this painfully loving interrogation. - Sara Maria Vizcarrondo

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The Duplass Brothers do it again. Concise,character driven. In 15 minutes you get what it would take some people 2 hours to do. A simple story, with a simple start, that goes someplace decidedly unexpected.

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The Duplass Brothers do it again. Concise,character driven. In 15 minutes you get what it would take some people 2 hours to do. A simple story, with a simple start, that goes someplace decidedly unexpected.

We are invited to join this intense, personal, and emotional exchange between really close friends. But, we are offered a "fly-on-the-wall" perspective therefore, we participate as observer only. Wow. Don't we all wish we had a circle of friends like this? How do you feel when their friend leaves the apartment after offering an honest confession? Film taken to another level (again)! Ride the roller-coaster! Enjoy!

I THOUGHT IT WAS A DUMB FILM. TO CORNER YOUR SO CALLED FRIEND AND FORCE HIM TO CONFESS SOMETHING ABOUT HIMSELF THAT HE OBVIOUSLY WAS NOT READY TO DO IN THE NAME OF FRIENDSHIP WAS CRUEL. A PERSON'S SEXUALITY IS SOMETHING VERY PERSONAL AND SHOULD BE LEFT UP TO THE INDIVIDUAL TO TALK ABOUT WHEN THEIR READY TO. TO STRIP HIM NAKED BEFORE EVERYONE EVEN IF THEY ARE HIS FRIENDS WAS MEAN. THEY WERE NOT THINKING ABOUT HIS FEELINGS AT ALL. THEY JUST WANTED TO BE RIGHT. THEY SHOULD HAVE MIND THEIR OWN BUSINESS.